History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 7: Why did Henry VIII marry six times?
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Section 1: How many times did Henry VIII marry?
Children should learn:
- the names and order of Henry VIII's wives
- to locate the Tudors within the context of the history of Britain
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Section 2: What was Henry VIII like as a person?
Children should learn:
- to ask and answer questions using a portrait as a source
- about the appearance and character of Henry VIII
- what information can be gathered about Henry VIII from portraits and written sources
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Section 3: What did Henry VIII do all day?
Children should learn:
- about the power and importance of a Tudor king
- to identify what monarchs did and did not do
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Section 4: Why did Henry divorce Catherine of Aragon?
Children should learn:
- about the reasons for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon
- about the power of a Tudor monarch
- to consider possible solutions to Henry's problems
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Section 5: Did marrying Anne Boleyn or Jane Seymour solve Henry's problems?
Children should learn:
- about the reasons for and results of Henry's marriages to Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour
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Section 6: Why did the marriage to Anne of Cleves fail?
Children should learn:
- that building alliances through marriage was important in the Tudor period
- to extract information from portraits and descriptions
- about the various ways that the appearance and characteristics of Anne of Cleves and Henry VIII have been interpreted
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Section 7: Why did Henry marry Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr?
Children should learn:
- to recall knowledge of Henry's character
- to give reasons for descriptions and points of view
- to find out answers to specific questions using sources of information
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Section 8: Why did Henry marry six times?
Children should learn:
- about the reasons for royal marriages
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